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Amateur stars in major contest

[2018-10-29 07:59]

A Chinese amateur photographer has scooped a major award in the world's largest astronomy photography contest and will have his work showcased in an exhibition at Royal Museums Greenwich in London.

DNA, fingerprints helped lead FBI to mail bomb suspect

[2018-10-29 07:59]

WASHINGTON - A man with a criminal history and a fervor for President Donald Trump sent at least 13 mail bombs to prominent Democrats, Justice Department officials said, crediting DNA, a fingerprint match and misspellings for the key break in a case that spread fear of election-season violence with little precedent in the United States.

Female motortaxi drivers in the fast lane

[2018-10-29 07:59]

BANGKOK - Hair pulled back tightly as she lounges on her red scooter, Ar is a rare sight among the male-dominated ranks of Bangkok's motortaxi riders plying their trade in the Thai capital.

Roman roads becoming like the 'wild West'

[2018-10-29 07:59]

ROME - Italy's capital is solidifying its status of one of the deadliest cities in Europe for pedestrians, with poor infrastructure, inadequate public transport, a lack of law enforcement officials on the streets all contributing to a high death toll.

Nurse may have killed more than 200 people

[2018-10-29 07:59]

BERLIN - German nurse Niels Hoegel, already serving a lengthy term for previous killings, will go on trial before anguished relatives on Tuesday over the murders of around 100 more people - a spree prosecutors say is unprecedented in the postwar period.

Nations call for political solution to Syria crisis

[2018-10-29 07:59]

The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany called for a political solution to Syria's devastating seven-year civil war and a lasting cease-fire in the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib after a four-way summit held over the weekend.

Ireland lifts blasphemy ban after president's win

[2018-10-29 07:59]

DUBLIN - Ireland has voted to lift a rarely enforced constitutional ban on blasphemy in the latest secular reform for the once staunchly Catholic country, referendum results showed on Saturday.

IS kills US-backed fighters in showdown

[2018-10-29 07:59]

DAMASCUS - At least 70 fighters with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have been killed and 100 others wounded over the past 24 hours as a result of a counteroffensive by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, a war monitor reported on Saturday.

Apple, Samsung fined for 'planned obsolescence'

[2018-10-29 07:59]

ROME - Two of the world's largest smartphone makers, Apple and Samsung, were fined a total of 15 million euros ($17 million) this week in part for taking what are seen as illegal steps to force customers to buy new replacement phones sooner than they would have.